Methadone Maintenance - Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities - Delta, IA.

Methadone maintenance is a method of treatment for clients in Delta who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This form of treatment has been around for a very long time, and the general notion is that people are no longer engaged in the drug seeking behavior that was driven by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal symptoms. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist which activates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and other prescription opioids.

People enrolled in methadone maintenance must take it every day to avoid withdrawal symptoms from the methadone itself. This can be logistically and financially burdensome, but some people find it a better choice than a heroin addiction. Nevertheless, people beginning methadone maintenance therapy should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once taking a moderate dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even accept methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be so challenging and rates of relapse are considerably high.

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